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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5/CF-116 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon
    Latest Model:T-38A-55-NO Talon
    Last Military Serial:64-13271 USAF
    Construction Number:N.5700
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-55-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-13271.

    August 1988

    Transferred to 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: Beales Beast,
    Was assigned as the Commanders aircraft.

    By June 1991

    Markings Applied: Karen, BB

    20 August 1994


    Photographer: Paul Abadess@
    Notes: Miramar airshow

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    2011

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    17 November 2012


    Photographer: Paul Abadess@
    Notes: Castle air museum

    27 November 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle Air Museum, Atwater, California.

    1 May 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, USA.
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